At the time it was a unique product. My alternatives reminded me more of basically black-bean patties than beef. Then impossible meat did it better, industry decided there was money in this direction, and now there’s “or equivalent” everywhere.

Maybe if it’s all been buried in one place, in One Piece.

So they… drive the data around NOVA?

No, but if you want to collaborate with the federal government it makes it more convenient to be located where the federal government resides.

No, but you can visit a “clean room” and look at the data at any number of sites.

Are they an ethical alternative to the human version?

I guess it depends if there is an A.I.[1] locked up somewhere in a cage forced to teleoperate it.

[1] actual indian

Well they're not an alternative, so I suppose not. No one is being chained to a desk and made to author reports on how their department is aligning with the new business growth strategy. And the robot slaves aren't being designed to mine precious minerals or attach buttons to clothes.

False dichotomy. You don't need to own slaves! It's crazy you think you should!

I still find myself quite taken by some sci-fi writing. Iain M Banks works, Rajaniemi, and Joan Slonczewski. The “problem” is that they are not popular the way Harry Potter or isekai are.

I’m also a fan of Banks - but he’s hardly current. He died thirteen years ago.

What concerns me are the implications if the Dark Forest Theory is correct.

Of course, we are stripping the earth bare to build word-guessers GPUs in orbit, but aliens are definitely the problem.

Considering we’re not actually “stripping the earth bare” and that’s fear mongering hysteria… I’d be interested to know the facts if true.

If not for being forced off, most people would never have left windows xp… many medical practices and industrial facilities still are in it.

Unfortunately.

I find Apple weather incredibly frustrating… I keep wanting to use it like I used dark sky, but it’s just not there… And I still don’t think it’s as accurate. At least not in Europe. I remember with dark sky being able to know if it’s rain, and for how long it will continue raining to the minute

The author’s claims that “there was never any credible evidence that Iranian medium- and long-range air defenses against fixed-wing aircraft were attrited to any significant degree“ and that the B-2 is easily to track and target… seem rather questionable. Unfounded even.